Chapter One of

Wash Out

By Lyn Lloyd

--Prologue

Early in the morning, Blair awoke, sweating, feverish, and delusional. The new issue of Vogue lay lifeless on her new striped bedspread.

"I'm dieing." She said, folding her arms under her head, "I swear."

"Mrs. Bass."

Blair sat up fast, "Serena, leave," She said, "I'm hideous right after my nap."

"Oh shut up." Serena crawled in next to her.

"Dan's low class ways are really started to rub off on you." Blair said, picking at Serena's weathered vintage jacket.

Serena slapped her hand away, "Again, shut up."

"Alright, I'm sorry," Blair said. "I feel like Chuck Bass just proposed to me."

Serena coughed, "He did."

Blair shot her a look.

"He did, yesterday in your parlor with the lights down low and…"

"Enough." Blair said and sighed into her pillow.

"Mr. Bass loves Miss Waldorf." Serena said as she flipped through Vogue.

"Exactly right," Blair said, "He l-loves me, there's no other side to it."

Serena rolled her eyes, "Then why did you say yes?"

"I didn't have a choice! He was kneeling and begging and he was like romantic, I don't know, he confused me. He was not supposed to do that, it's all about sex and power."

"Sounds like he suits you quite well, Queen Bee." Serena said.

"We clash, like a red and-and teal."

Serena thought about it, "No, you match."

"Clash."

"You just need to get up and face this like a true Waldorf, with grace and dignity and all out insanity."

"Yes, complete insanity."

Blair rolled over and turned her back to Serena.

"You do love him right?" Serena asked.

Blair stared at the vase of flowers on her bedside, "Yes."

"You're supposed to know."

"I do, you know how I am Serena."

Serena hesitated before believing her, "Yes, I do."

"I gave her the best ring in the city."

Serena stood up, "Why'd you really do it Chuck?"

Chuck leaned back on the couch, "Uh, she's a hot, I'm hot, she's rich, I'm rich…do you get where I'm going with this?"

"No." Serena said.

"Okay, well again, Nate left, she came back to me, forgive and forget, a bit of make up sex, and there is your answer."

"You're not really romantic after all, what a shocker."

"Who told you I wasn't romantic?"

"I just did."

"Oh, you're quick today. You must've seen Blair." He smirked, "How's my bride doing? Naked or clad in something pink and frilly?"

Serena sighed, "She hates you."

Chuck's smirk remained, "Good, make sure she's ready for dinner tomorrow."

"Are you serious about this?"

Chuck looked up at her, "Yes, we'll get married, have a few devil children, rule the world."

Serena clenched her teeth, "What if she falls for someone else?"

"She won't."

"I said what if she does."

"Then she does, you'll have destroyed my dreams of true love."

Serena smiled, "How long until the wedding?"

"I've set the date in three months," Chuck handed her a rough draft of the invitation, "Roughly three months, we are still working out the details."

"Three months?"

"Yes, three months."

"Dan I have three months to find someone else for Blair."

"Didn't she say yes?"

"Yeah, but I can just tell, she's not ready to be married right after high school."

Dan sighed into the phone, "It's her business who she marries, and you shouldn't get involved."

"She's my friend, I have to get involved."

"Actually, no, you don't."

Serena chuckled, "Blair and Chuck are like…"

"The same person?"

"No!" Serena laughed, "She's red and he's teal, they clash."

"I have no idea what you just said."

"What I'm saying is I have only three months to push Blair on someone else- to make her see the error of her ways."

"….to make her officially call this off, because I know she has feelings for Chuck, even if she hides them."

Dan laughed, "Let them be."

"Do you know of any boys that would fall madly in love with Blair?"

"Chuck Bass, um, besides that, nope, no one as rich or evil as she."

"I need someone like, like…like you!"

Dan stuttered, "L-like me?"

"Yeah!"

"No, no Blair hates boys like me."

"Find a friend or someone in the neighborhood."

"Okay, real easy I'll just knock on all the doors asking…"

"Yes! Or…" Serena bit her lip, "You could do it for me."

"Do what?"

"Make Blair fall out of love with Chuck."

"And you're saying that…"

"You should make her fall in love with you!"

"Um, no." Dan chuckled, "You're not serious right?" He stopped laughing.

"I am!" Serena turned the corner, "He doesn't have any good intentions with this, and I know that, I've known him for years."

"So has she."

"You are missing the point, I have completely good intentions here, and I'm trying to help my friend out."

"The road to hell is paved with good intentions."

"We'll have to stage a break-up, you'll turn to her, take her to dinner, something cheap, and I'll call you with the details." Serena hung up.

"Serena?" Dan asked into the phone. "Serena? You aren't serious…are you…?"

To Be Continued…..